SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OILFIELD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS

• US 20080306803A1
• Filed: 06/04/2008
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Inventors: Stundner, Michael, Howell, Andrew John, Vaal, Randy J., Lucas-Clements, Daniel Colin Nesbitt, Gutierrez, Fernando
• Granted Patent: US 9,175,547 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/00 Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells applicable only to water E03B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of performing production operations of an oilfield having at least one process facility and at least one wellsite operatively connected thereto, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein. The method steps include receiving a number of steps each from at least one of a number of collaborators, specifying an automated workflow including the number of steps and for generating a first well plan, obtaining first data associated with the production operations, applying the automated workflow to the first data to generate the first well plan, adjusting the production operations based on the first well plan, and modifying at least one of the number of steps based on input from at least one of the number of collaborators to generate an updated automated workflow.

Claims

1. A method of performing production operations of an oilfield having at least one process facility and at least one wellsite operatively connected thereto, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of steps each from at least one of a plurality of collaborators;

specifying an automated workflow comprising the plurality of steps and for generating a first well plan;

obtaining first data associated with the production operations;

applying the automated workflow to the first data to generate the first well plan;

adjusting the production operations based on the first well plan; and

modifying at least one of the plurality of steps based on input from at least one of the plurality of collaborators to generate an updated automated workflow.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the first well plan.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining second data associated with the production operations; and

applying the updated automated workflow to the second data to generate a second well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the second well plan.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining second data associated with the production operations; and

applying the updated automated workflow to the second data to generate a second well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the second well plan.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring the production operations to obtain production operations data; and

adjusting the automated workflow based on the production operations data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein specifying the automated workflow comprises:

retrieving the automated workflow based on a set of criteria specified by at least one of the plurality of collaborators, wherein the automated workflow is one of a plurality of stored automated workflows.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selectively presenting each of a plurality of subsets of the first data to at least one of the plurality of collaborators.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first data associated with the production operations comprises:

specifying a data source associated with the production operations, wherein the data source is specified based on input from at least one of the plurality of collaborators; and

obtain the first data associated with the production operations from the external data source.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of steps corresponds to analysis performed by an external component.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data is based on one selected from a group consisting of actual data, historical data, and forecasted data.

11. A system for performing production operations of an oilfield having at least one process facilities and at least one wellsite operatively connected thereto, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, comprising:

a workflow manager, located within a field performance module, configured to;

receive a plurality of steps each from at least one of a plurality of collaborators; and

specify an automated workflow comprising the plurality of steps and for generating a first well plan,

the field performance module configured to;

obtain first data associated with the production operations; and

apply the automated workflow to the first data to generate the first well plan, and

a surface unit configured to update the production operations based on the well plan.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the field performance module is further configured to present the first well plan.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the field performance module is further configured to:

obtain second data associated with the production operations; and

apply the updated automated workflow to the second data to generate a second well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the second well plan.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the workflow manager is further configured to:

modify at least one of the plurality of steps based on input from at least one of the plurality of collaborators to generate an updated automated workflow, and

the field performance module is further configured to;

obtain second data associated with the production operations; and

apply the updated automated workflow to the second data to generate a second well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the second well plan.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a surveillance module configured to monitor the production operations to obtain production operations data, wherein the workflow manager is further configured to adjust the automated workflow based on the production operations data.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein specifying the automated workflow comprises:

retrieving the automated workflow based on a set of criteria specified by at least one of the plurality of collaborators, wherein the automated workflow is one of a plurality of stored automated workflows.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the field performance module is further configured to selectively present each of a plurality of subsets of the first data to at least one of the plurality of collaborators.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein obtaining the first data associated with the production operations comprises:

specifying a data source associated with the production operations, wherein the data source is specified based on input from at least one of the plurality of collaborators; and

obtain the first data associated with the production operations from the external data source.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of steps corresponds to analysis performed by an external component.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the first data is based on one selected from a group consisting of actual data, historical data, and forecasted data.

21. A computer readable medium, embodying instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for performing production operations of an oilfield having at least one process facilities and at least one wellsite operatively connected thereto, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, the instructions comprising functionality to:

receive a plurality of steps each from at least one of a plurality of collaborators;

specify an automated workflow comprising the plurality of steps and for generating a first well plan;

obtain first data associated with the production operations; and

apply the automated workflow to the first data to generate the first well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the first well plan.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 21, the instructions further comprising functionality to:

obtain second data associated with the production operations; and

apply the updated automated workflow to the second data to generate a second well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the second well plan.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 21, the instructions further comprising functionality to:

modify at least one of the plurality of steps based on input from at least one of the plurality of collaborators to generate an updated automated workflow;

obtain second data associated with the production operations; and

apply the updated automated workflow to the second data to generate a second well plan, wherein the production operations are adjusted based on the second well plan.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein specifying the automated workflow comprises:

retrieving the automated workflow based on a set of criteria specified by at least one of the plurality of collaborators, wherein the automated workflow is one of a plurality of stored automated workflows.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein obtaining the first data associated with the production operations comprises:

specifying a data source associated with the production operations, wherein the data source is specified based on input from at least one of the plurality of collaborators; and

obtain the first data associated with the production operations from the external data source.